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IOR/L/PS/5/426, ff 84-144
- Record Id:
- 041-004031433
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100134045558.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100153828240.0x000005
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/426, ff 84-144
- Title:
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Turkish Arabia Affairs
- Scope & Content:
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 91 of 1843, dated 26 December 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-29 and are dated 2 March-26 December 1843. On folio 85 a note in black ink, states that ‘Enclosures in Bombay Secret Letter Number No. 90, dated 1st December 1843 are missing from this Collection.’
The papers relate to the Euphrates flotilla. The enclosures contain correspondence from the Superintendent of the Indian Navy to the Secretary with the Governor of India and replies to these letters from the Secret Committee including:
- The dates it was operating and the resulting report
- Discussions of the salary allowance for Commander Henry Blosse Lynch and Lieutenant Charles Dugald Campbell, specifically the amount of ‘command allowance’ for Campbell when he was in charge of the Euphrates Flotilla after Lynch had proceeded to England on ‘sick certificate’
- Compilation of river charts and a memoir of the expedition for the Geographical Society of Bombay.
Other correspondents include the Chief Engineer, Government of Bombay, and the Military Auditor General, Government of Bombay.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539272
041-004031433 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/426 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 64
IOR/L/PS/5/426, ff 84-144 : Turkish Arabia Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0064]/040-000539272[0002]/041-004031433
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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1 item (61 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100153828240.0x000005
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1843
- End Date:
- 1843
- Date Range:
- 26 Dec 1843
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 91 of 1843
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)